W.H.: Obama's late budget better than GOP budget any day

2/4/13 1:41 PM EST

Press secretary Jay Carney, responding to criticism that the White House missed the deadline Monday to submit a budget to Congress, touted the approach to budgeting that President Obama has taken in the past and dinging GOP lawmakers for their approach.

"The president has put forward consistently budgets that achieve what the American people overwhelmingly support, which is balanced deficit reduction -- deficit reduction combined with investments in areas of our economy that would help the economy grow and create jobs," Carney told reporters aboard Air Force One. "What he hasn’t done is submit a highly partisan budget that has no support among the American public."

He suggested House Republicans "have consistently passed" such budgets.

"So hopefully we’ll be able to change that dynamic, [and] Republicans will agree with the president that we need to continue to reduce the deficit in a balanced way."

Carney made the remarks after House Speaker John Boehner complained Monday that Obama has missed the legally mandated deadline for the fourth time in five years. Carney said he doesn't know when the White House will submit its budget.